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1,279,986. PatentedSept. 24,1918.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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IBONING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1918.

Application filed March 20, 1918. Serial No. 223 570.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DEAN A. CATO) a citizen of the United States,residing at Springfield, in the county of Sangamon and State ofIllinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Boards,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an ironing board of the type which is intendedwhen in use to be detachably connected with a support such as a wall orthe like.

The primary object of the invention is to provide the board with ahingedly and detachably. mounted strip of novel construction forengagement with a securing element upon a support and with a resilientbail similarly mounted upon the board.

With these and other objects in view, the

invention resides in the novel combination and arrangement of parts,Which will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in theclaim.

The preferred embodiment of the invention has been illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, although no restriction is necessarily made tothe precise details of construction therein shown. as changes,alterations, and modifications within the scope of the claim may beresorted to when desired. a

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of an iron ing boardconstructed in accordance with the invention and showing the sameconnected with a support.

Fi 2 is a similar view of the board and showmg the attaching plate andbail folded thereon.

Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal. section through a portion of theboard and the attaching strip thereon.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawings. 1

Referring nowto the drawing in detail the letter A designates an ironingboard which is of the shape of those now in common use and hasdctachably connected there with adjacent the larger end of the board ayoke5. 'An attaching plate 6 is swingingly and detachably connected witha yoke 5 by a a book 7 which is formed from one end of the plate and hasthe bill thereof extending sppport as shown in Fig. 1 in the drawing. 1I

tongue 9-is struck from the plate 6 and is bent to form a hook. l

The hook which is formed from the tongue 9 is adapted when the board isin use to be connected with abail 10 which is formed from resilientmaterial and has the arms 11 thereofbent adjacent I their outer ends toprovide fingers 12 which extend Within boxings 13 secured to the bot tomface of the board A. as shown. Through the above described manner ofconnecting the bail with the board A it is apparent that the bail is notonly swingingly connected with the board, but by spreading the arms ofthe bail apart the fingers may be withdrawn from the boxing.

13 to permit the bail to be connected with the board as shown in Fig. 2in the drawing when the board is in use, thus enabling the bail andattaching strip to, be folded upon the board in such a manner that theboard will occupy very little space when not in use.

-When the board is connected with the support as shown 1 in Fig. 1 inthe drawing and it is desired to remove the board therefrom, theattaching plateis disconnected nected with a support such-as a wall orthe plalv having :1 (0y hn lm slm lhvl-vin. :1 hook at 0110 MM 0i ui lhmungng'ing said yukm am] :1 flmgm: strllvk from mid lato adapted 10 mbe vngngwl with Raid hail.

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